Wire clothesline



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F. S. DOWELL.

WIRE CLOTHES LINE.

No. 499,528. PatentedJune 13, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCES S. DOWELL, OF EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

WIRE CLOTH ESLIN E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 499,528, dated June 13,1893. Application filed April 16, 1892. Serial No- 429,380. (No model.)

To aZ Z whom it may concern:

l 3e it known that I, FRANCES S.DOWELL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Eureka Spnngs, in the county of Carroll and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WireClothesllnes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanylng drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a front view of line wlth clothes attachedthereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of parts of two of the links.

This lnvention has relation to certain new and useful improvements inpinless clothes l nes, and it consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts as hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a section of myimproved line composed of a series of links a, a, each preferablybfabout three feet in length. Each link conslsts of a single piece ofwire, the ends of which are bent under to form a loop or eye I), forconnection to the adjoining link. The loop or eye upon one end of eachlink is in hor1z ontal position, while that upon the other end is in thevertical plane of the line. At intervals the wire is bent downwardly toform loop arms 0 lyingin the vertical plane of the 11116: These looparms consist each of the sem1-oval loop 0, the lower portions of whichare brought together and carried downwardly side by side and in closeproximity as shown at D, and united at the lower ends by the bend d,which forms an elongated or oval loop e. The upper portions of the loop0 are brought together and interlocked in the manner shown at f, bypassing one portion of the wire around the other, after which they areextended to form the straight portion of the line. The clothes areinserted through the loop portion a, and forced downward between thearms D, where they are securely clamped and held. By forming the linesin links as above described, the lines may be closely and compactlyfolded. Said links may however be of a different length from that abovespecified. Owing to the peculiar formation of the loops 0, wherein thetwo arms thereof are interlocked in the manner described, it will beseen that I avoid the necessity of giving the wires several twistsaround each other at this point, such twists being objectionable, notonly for the reason that they are diflicult to form with the large wiresusually employed, but they soon become the seat of oxidation unless thewire is galvanized, and even in this event, as the protective coating isliable to become broken and flake off in the bending. It will also beapparent that by reason of the single interlocking bend, by taking holdof the portions of the line at each side of the pins and pressing thetwo parts toward each other, contracting the loops 0, one of the arms Dwill be forced over or by the other arm, forming an opening throughwhich the clothes may be inserted, in addition to the loop e. When theline is released, the spring action of the arms will clamp the clothessecurely therein.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

In a wire clothes line, the depending loop arms 0, forming pins, saidarms being integral with the line and consisting each of the semi-ovalopposing bends or loops 0, c, joined to the line by a single short bendf at the upper extremity of each, said bends being loosely interlocked,a vertical arm D extending downwardly from each loop 0, the two arms Dlying parallel and in close relation to each other, and an elongated oroval loop joining the lower portions of said arms, said arms by theirspring action being capable of moving one upon the other by thecontraction of the loops 0, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCES S. DOWELL.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. LYNN, OHAPPELL G. WHITE.

